You measure the amount of enzyme activity in the presence of compound X and note that as you add more substrate the amount of enzyme activity increases.  This indicates that the compound X is an

A. competitive inhibitor.
B. activator.
C. non-competitive inhibitor.
D. allosteric inhibitor.
E. enzyme.


Answer: A

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